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be-wyrcan

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After wool (1. 6) add: cf. non sum setigero lanarum vellere facta (Aldhelm), dele: Hé . . . Jos. 2, 1, and add:
to build round, surround
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  • Hé þone oxan beworhte mid wuda.

    • Hml. S. 18, 124.

  • Hí bronda láfe wealle beworhton,

    • B. 3162
      • .

  • Lǽmen fæt biwyrcan wudubeámum,

    • Jul. 575.

  • ꝥáfótlástas wǽron beworht mid ǽrne hweóle.

    • Shrn. 81, 12
      • .
of fortification:
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  • Iericho wæs mid seofon weallum beworht,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 212, 26
      • .

  • Hé hét sceáwian Hiericho, hú heó beworht wæs,

    • Jos. 2, 1.
to cover over with metal
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  • Heó þá cartan beworhte mid leáde.

    • Hml. S. 3, 532.

  • Hé beworhte ðá bígelsas mid gyldenum læfrum,

    • Hml. Th. ii. 498, 2
      • .

  • Hió ðá róde bewyrcan hét mid golde and mid seolfre,

    • H. R. 15, 13
      • .

  • Wǽpenu mid gyldenum þelum bewyrcean

    arma aureis includere laminis,

    • Nar. 7, 12.
to furnish with buildings
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  • Bufan ðǽm wealle ofer ealne þone ymbgong hé is mid stǽnenum wighúsum beworht

    (habitaeulis defensorum dispositis),

    • Ors. 2, 4
      • ;
    • S. 74, 21
      • .
to shut up in a building
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  • Hét hire faeder hí bewyrcean on ánum torre,

    • Shrn. 105, 33
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. be*-*work.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “be-wyrcan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/40301.

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